Balloon Animals

Ancient Egyptian art is a fascination of balloon twister Christine Belcher (Twistina), who resides in the UK and is an active member of the mbd2.com balloon twisting community. Belcher, fascinated by Egyptian art, decided to showcase a replica of Tutankhamen’s funeral mask out of balloons at this year’s Twist & Shout 2009 balloon convention.  Belcher [...]

If you’re having a 1st birthday party and looking for a theme, then here are resources to theme ideas for birthday parties.  Don’t forget you going to need a good balloon entertainer who can incorporate cool balloon designs to fit your theme party. Book mark this page now! A Abby Cadabby Birthday Party - create birthday magic [...]

The Internet is a great place to learn different skills, but too often people try to learn a skill days before an event.  As a professional balloon entertainer, I get numerous emails from desperate parents seeking out how to make Halloween balloon animals or looking to make flowers for the school homecoming. These instructions are [...]

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Halloween is a great time for balloon entertainers to work on some really cool designs.  These are just a couple of the simple designs I do around Halloween. Advanced Halloween Balloon Animals To often there is very little time to make a big balloon sculpture at an event, unless you’re in advance.  These I made for a [...]

There are balloon entertainers and then there are artist who use balloons to create art. Here’s a perfect example of a German Artist how used round balloons as a tool to create art Balloon don’t last forever! Easy cleanup Subscribe to Dale’s Blog and get notified each time a new idea, tip or story is posted.

This past year has been a battle between the balloon industry and Senator Jack Scott who implement California Bill SB 1499 which bans the sales of Mylar balloons. After many months of heated discussions, email campaigns, and protests– the SB 1499 pass through the California assembly to be rejected by Governor Schwarzenagger. Governor Schwarzenagger vetoed Senate [...]

Addi Somekh is truly a creative artist when it comes to balloon twisting.  Addi most popular work was a portfolio of balloon hat worn by people all over the world.  He is an artist who is constantly looking to create art with balloons.  Here’s another cool video by Addi. Subscribe to Dale’s Blog and get notified [...]

The balloon industry has reached an agreement with Senator Scott (bill author) and his staff on SB 1499, and it does NOT include a ban on helium-filled foil balloons. The bill was amended 7/15/2008. SB 1499 had a hearing today in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, where it went to the “suspense file”. The suspense file [...]

This is the first video of 10 on how to make balloon animals. This is the opening video that explains who I am, what you will need, and balloon safety instructions. Introduction and Safety Notes Save $2.00 on the basic balloon animal kit. Enter the discount code BALLOON at checkout and save $2.00! Each video will explain [...]